condonation
Example Sentences
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Ushers were surprisingly courteous, refused in the main the few tips offered, moved with a vicarious sanctity, hoped thereby for condonation for sins committed, planned or guarded against by a wilful ceinture de chastité.
From Time Magazine Archive
I also wondered what effect a condonation of Judge Haynsworth's actions would have on the judiciary at large.
From Time Magazine Archive
Equally delighted was his patron at having secured condonation at such a cheap rate, for what might otherwise have proved not only a costly case but a ruinous scandal.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
Tears such as are shed for vestal martyrs have been shed for her, and for all her faults she has the condonation of universal sorrow.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)
It begged for love, for condonation of the writer's loathsomeness.
From The Judge by West, Rebecca
